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Synagogue in Szczekociny
Object Detail

Building Date
Early 19th century

Synagogue active dates

Reconstruction Dates
1896; 2009

Architect/ Maker
Unknown (Unknown)

Community

Location
Poland | Śląskie Voivodeship | Szczekociny
| 3 Konopnickiej St.

Style

Material/Technique

Construction Material
Brick

Summary and Remarks

Suggested Reconsdivuction

History/Provenance

Condition

Present Usage
Restaurant

Present Usage Details

Historical significance: Event/Period

Historical significance: Collective Memory/Folklore

Historical significance: Person

Architectural Significance: Style

Architectural Significance: Artistic Decoration

Urban significance

Significance Rating
2 (Regional)

Condition of Building Fabric
A (Good)

Bibliography
Bergman, Eleonora and Jan Jagelski, Zachowane synagogi i domy modlitwy w Polsce. Katalog. (Warsaw, 1996), p. 131 with ill.; Maria and Kazimierz Piechotka, Bramy Nieba: Bóżnice murowane na ziemiach dawnej Rzeczypospolitej (Warsaw, 1999), p. 374 with ills.; Przemysław Burchard, Pamiątki i zabytki kultury Żydowskiej w Polsce (Warszawa, 1990), p. 135; http://www.sztetl.org.pl/en/article/szczekociny/11,synagogues-prayer-houses-and-others/8156,the-synagogue-in-szczekociny-3-marii-konopnickiej-street-/

Short Name
Full Name
Volume
Page
Biography

Photographer
Photograph Date
2010

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